Community Matters
A vision for Woodstock Division
A weekly bulletin covering the whole Woodstock Division from
County Councillor Andy Graham
Bulletin for week ending Friday 11th June
Woodstock Town Council
Subject Matter:
Met with officers at OCC to look at the draft feasibility study to deal with traffic/reducing speed and pedestrian safety through the centre of Woodstock and north and south approaches.
Action:
Draft to be sent out to the Town Council for comments/suggest amends to be then adjusted, costed and time lined.
Subject Matter:
Work in the area of pedestrian safety of the Black Prince discussed
Action:
Awaiting design for discussion and time line with budget options considered
Subject Matter: Briefed on the HGV Burford Bridge Traffic Order-
Action:
Decision likely on 29th July.
Bladon Parish
Subject Matter:
Work to clear overgrowth on pathway out of the village on safety grounds
Action:
Attended parish council meeting.
Work has now been agreed with OCC. Date to be finalised.
Stonesfield Parish
Subject Matter:
Plans for a ‘Reducing Traffic Speeds and Road Safety Scheme’
Action:
Implementation in the next few weeks by the parish council with support from OCC officers.
Scheme is costed and ready to be implemented with added support from my Councillor Priority Fund.
Subject Matter:
Re-opening of The White Horse
Action: I have had email contact with the new owner of The White Horse. I am offering advice and support to enable a reopening.
Tackley Parish
Subject Matter:
Flooding, highways and sewerage issues
Action:
Met with Tackley Parish Council and toured the village with the outgoing chair, June and incoming chair Liz to overview the flooding, highways and sewerage issues.
The main road out (Rousham Road to be completely repaired, gulley’s cleared and investigation to digging a deeper pond relief for flooding underway.
Thames Water to be contacted regarding the pumping station capacity and the issues of mitigating raw sewerage in the vicinity of the Village shop/school and into the river area: rear gardens in St. John’s Road.
Meeting with nearby landowners and other agencies/authorities to be planned to co- ordinate the effort.
Rousham
Subject Matter:
Lower Road site village in the vicinity of Rousham Hall- I have seen trees dangerously overhanging Lower Road.
Action:
OCC is taking action to ensure trees are pruned/cut to avoid potential collisions in the middle of the highway.
154 of the Highways Act will be enforced if no action is forthcoming by the landowner.
Wootton
Subject Matter: Give way signs being investigated for the bridge.
Action:
Site visit to be undertaken with OCC and Chair of Parish Council.
Combe
Subject Matter:
Introducing a reduction in speed through the village
Action:
To be further investigated.
Ackerman Road is scheduled to be repaired shortly.
Glympton
Subject Matter:
Environmental opportunities on the Glympton estate.
Action:
Met with the parish clerk.
Discussions ongoing
Steeple Barton
Subject Matter:
A reducing speed scheme is needed
Action:
Met with Chair and Vice Chair and discussed this scheme which is ongoing.
The Bartons
Subject Matter:
Making school transport more equitable for families.
Action:
I am working with district councillor Dave Jackson and we have set up a transport for school’s action group meeting in the next week to scope the data and research.
Met with the Barton Bus volunteers and the options for alternate replacement 0% carbon emissions bus for the future.
Sandford St. Martins
Subject Matter:
To solve the problem of flooding.
Action:
I Met with residents over flooding in the centre of the village and the Ledwell Road.
Officers have agreed a site visit and investigation to solve the flooding water routing/drains and action plan defined.
This is a regular update from
County Councillor Andy Graham
Woodstock, Bladon, Stonesfield, Tackley, Combe, Wootton, Glympton, The Bartons inc Steeple Barton, Westcote Barton, Worton, Ledwell and Sandford St. Martins
Contact: andy.graham@oxfordshire.gov.uk
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